Colias nebulosa

Colias nebulosa
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Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pieridae
Genus: Colias
Species:
C. nebulosa
Binomial name
Colias nebulosa
Synonyms
  • Colias nebulosa niveata f. melanitica O. Bang-Haas, 1915
  • Colias nebulosa niveata f. melanina Bollow, 1930
  • Colias richthofeni O. Bang-Haas, 1927

Colias nebulosa is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It is found in the eastern Palearctic realm (Tibet and China).

Description

Colias nebulosa is much darker than Colias sifanica; the forewing without middle spot, but with light spot at the distal margin; the hindwing almost uniformly black, with large, conspicuous, light yellow middle spot, and light ray-like spots on the veins. We regard nebulosa as a distinct species.[2]

Subspecies

  • C. n. nebulosa Sichuan
  • C. n. karoensis Hoshiai & Rose, 1998 S. Tibet
  • C. n. niveata Verity, [1909] Qinghai
  • C. n. pugo Evans, 1924 S. E.Tibet
  • C. n. richthofeni O. Bang-Haas, 1927 Richthofen Mts., Kukunor Mts
  • C. n. sungpani O. Bang-Haas, 1927 Sichuan, Gansu

Taxonomy

Accepted as a species by Josef Grieshuber & Gerardo Lamas [3]

References

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  1. ^ Colias, Site of Markku Savela
  2. ^ Röber, Julius (1906). Pieridae, pp. 39-74, 374, pls. 17-27. In: Seitz, A. (ed.), Die Groß-Schmetterlinge der Erde. 1. Band. Die palaearctischen Tagfalter. Stuttgart, Fritz Lehmann.
  3. ^ Josef Grieshuber & Gerardo Lamas (2007). "A synonymic list of the genus Colias Fabricius, 1807 (Lepidoptera: Pieridae)" (PDF). Mitteilungen der Münchner Entomologischen Gesellschaft. 97: 131–171. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2013-05-18.